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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chichester District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
255 approved · 590 refused · 372 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Oct 2021 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Bards Cottage Cakeham Road West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8AD
Received 11 Sept 2025Sparrow Cottage Bell Lane Earnley Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HZ
Received 19 Sept 20254 Whitley Close Westbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8TT
Received 12 Sept 2025County Hall West Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1QQ
Received 12 Sept 202550 Stocks Lane East Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8NJ
Received 12 Sept 202527 Kent Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7NH
Received 12 Sept 2025G And R Harris Main Road Nutbourne Chichester West Sussex PO18 8RL
Received 12 Sept 202522 Carters Way Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0BY
Received 12 Sept 20254 Franklin Place Chichester West Sussex PO19 1BL
Received 15 Sept 2025Ferrybarn Smugglers Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QW
Received 15 Sept 2025113 Westgate Chichester West Sussex PO19 3HR
Received 15 Sept 2025Strange Hall South Walton Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QB
Received 15 Sept 202510 Wyvern Close Tangmere Chichester West Sussex PO20 2GQ
Received 15 Sept 2025Beachside 93 Hillfield Road Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0LH
Received 15 Sept 2025Strange Hall South Walton Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QB
Received 8 Sept 2025Strange Hall South Walton Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QB
Received 8 Sept 2025Land North Of Highgrove Farm Main Road Bosham West Sussex
Received 15 Sept 2025Reedness Cottage Bosham Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8HG
Received 15 Sept 2025Benison Bracklesham Lane Bracklesham Bay Chichester West Sussex PO20 8JA
Received 16 Sept 2025Land At Flat Farm Hambrook West Sussex PO18 8FT
Received 16 Sept 2025Strange Hall South Walton Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8QB
Received 16 Sept 2025The Hollies Westerton Lane Westerton Chichester West Sussex PO18 0PG
Received 9 Sept 2025Unit 2 East 66 Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8NS
Received 16 Sept 2025The Homestead Rotten Row Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7QS
Received 16 Sept 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Chichester District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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